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Arterial and Aortic Valve Calcification Abolished by Elastolytic Cathepsin S Deficiency in Chronic Renal Disease

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40

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2009

Year

Elena Aïkawa, Masanori Aikawa, Peter Libby, Jose‐Luiz Figueiredo, Gabriel Rusanescu, Yoshiko Iwamoto, Daiju Fukuda, Rainer H. Köhler, Guo‐Ping Shi, Farouc A. Jaffer,
Circulation

Abstract

The present study provides direct in vivo evidence that catS-induced elastolysis accelerates arterial and aortic valve calcification in CRD, providing new insight into the pathophysiology of cardiovascular calcification.

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